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Set oatley controller for 24v battery charging and use a high value dc capacitor (47000 uf) as a battery.Chinese inverter will divert all power from 10.5v to set point of shunt (24v) .If no grid or exceptional high winds all volts above 24v are diverted to dump load protecting inverter against high voltage ......Will this work ??George.

wot u doing in a semi loved the old place, mid life crisis, don't answer been there got the book, video and T shirt Anyway, tis good to have you back and I see no reason why your project will not work or why you are doing it. To be fair I'm on my second bottle of Montepulciano D Abruzzo but great to have you back.

Hi Paul -thanks for kind words .........Life goes on , will get my share of ecogeorge towers but not for a few yrs. Make the best of what you've got -lolWill keep you posted ,the thought of a Marlec 503 grid feeding makes me smile but guess could be stepped up with a 913 ?? George

I love it Andy, That is a really good idea. I had a similar idea years ago but mine went up through he roof and the last 10ft were telescopic. Unfortunately I learned from the cherry picker that certain designs are riddled with all kinds of noises and it would play havoc with the peace and quiet. That design there could possibly be a lot quieter but i would not bet on it. I recall the racket that the cherry picker used to make in a gale. When the turbine braked, A small 600 watt Y/S. The pins and bushes used to rattle like blazes ,,so loud that even i could hear them in the house. The thing took on a life of it,s own, The gib would waltz about like a drunken stork, and send me running around the place like a headless chicken trying to get the battery charged to lower it. In the end I guyed it and sent the jib up tight on the guys. That worked OK it was still noisy. I sold the cherry picker. It should have been a winner but honestly, I was baffled by the way that it took offense at all my efforts to tame it. It was a great idea but the reality was different. It was lethal. Biff.

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